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Hand-colored lithograph of a hummingbird with a bearded man's head, perched among willow branches and flower spikes.

Humming Bird

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraving of a nude statue with a mirror in a colonnade, while robed figures discard helmets and weapons before it.

"The Columbiad" -- The Final Resignation of Prejudices

Hand-colored print of a uniformed officer with a sword beside white military tents and an American flag.

Elmer Ellsworth

Mathew B. Brady, 1850

Lithograph of a mounted officer in uniform raising his hat on a black horse, with soldiers marching in the background.

L. S. Rosseau

Lovell Harrison Rousseau, 1860

Lithograph of a bearded officer in uniform raising a sword on a rearing horse, on grassy ground.

John Alexander McClernand

John Alexander McClernand, 1860

John Marshall

Lithograph of Benjamin F. Butler in military uniform beside a grey horse, with troops, a flag and ships behind him.

Benjamin F. Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler, 1861

Hand-coloured caricature of a man with a giraffe's spotted neck and legs, wearing a top hat and red jacket, smoking a pipe.

Giraffe

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Lithograph of James Shields on a rearing horse, raising a sword as soldiers and a bugler advance behind him.

James Shields

James Shields, 1860

Engraved illustration of a man in a long coat attacking another man with a knife beside a columned porch.

Knifing His Victim

Harry Grimes, 1870

DeWitt Clinton

William Henry Brown, 1840

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, holding a telescope, with a camp scene behind.

Zachary Taylor

Marie Alexandre Alophe, 1840

Engraved portrait of Henry Clay seated under a tree with a spaniel, a cow and a farmhouse in the background.

Henry Clay

Henry S. Sadd, 1840

Engraving of a winged devil-like woman holding a Free Love placard above a struggling family on a rocky mountain path.

Get Thee Behind Me, (Mrs.) Satan!

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a fur-trimmed coat, with spectacles and a book on the table before him.

Benjamin Franklin

Printed 1840 broadside of Log Cabin Anecdotes with framed vignettes of William Henry Harrison's life and central text columns

Log Cabin Anecdotes

J. P. Guffing, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a naval officer in uniform with bicorne hat on a ship deck, holding a spyglass and sword.

David Glasgow Farragut

David Glasgow Farragut, 1861

Hyrum and Joseph Smith

Hyrum Smith, 1840

Colour print of a crowd before a columned classical building with a clock tower and balcony spectators.

Inauguration of Davis

James Massalon, 1870

Hand-colored lithograph of an elderly white-haired man in a long dark coat beside a stone column, holding a top hat and cane.

Andrew Jackson

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Sheet music cover with an oval portrait of a seated woman in a dark dress, surrounded by ornate scrollwork and an eagle.

Charlotte Shaw

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Sheet music cover with an oval portrait of a bearded man, ornate lettering, and decorative borders, dated 1870.

William Marcy Tweed

William Magear Tweed, 1870

Lithograph portrait of a uniformed officer beside a cannon, American flag, map and sailing ships.

John Ellis Wool

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Engraved portrait of a bare-chested boxer in a fighting stance, with white breeches and sailing ships on a distant coast.

Tom Molineaux

John Young, 1800

Caricature of a uniformed admiral striding over Manila harbor with an American flag, a German warship, and Aguinaldo nearby.

While Dewey is on Guard

Grant E. Hamilton, 1890

Full-length portrait of a bearded naval officer in uniform standing on a deck, with steamboats on a river behind him.

John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren

John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, 1861

George Washington

Samuel Wetherbee, 1800

Colored print of a bearded man in a dark suit writing at a desk, with a wall map, globe, and bust in an interior.

Abraham Lincoln

Christopher S. German, 1850

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark military coat with a sword and pistol, a horse behind him, handwritten notes below.

Andrew Jackson

James Barton Longacre, 1810

Mezzotint portrait of a man in naval uniform with a telescope, with warships firing in smoke behind him at sea.

John Paul Jones

Johann Elias Haid, 1770

Engraved oval portrait of Henry Clay in a dark coat and cravat, framed by an oak leaf wreath, with clouds and a tree behind h

Henry Clay

Jr William Warner, 1840

Lithograph of a mounted officer in blue uniform on a white horse, with aides and an American flag behind him.

George Brinton McClellan

Joseph Edward Baker, 1860

Engraved portrait of a standing Native American man in fringed robe, feathered headdress and beaded leggings, holding a staff

Péhriska-Rúhpa (Two Ravens)

Paul Legrand, 1840

Sheet music cover with an oval portrait of President Harrison above an engraving of a domed building and crowd.

Grand Inauguration March

Albert Gallatin, 1830

Sepia portrait of a mustached officer in uniform with a horse, sword, flag and army tents behind him.

Ambrose Everett Burnside

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Colored print of a bearded fireman in a leather helmet pulling a brass-trimmed hand-drawn fire engine down a street.

Nathaniel Currier

Louis Maurer, 1850

Black and white lithograph of a standing man in a cape coat holding a top hat and cane, with a rural landscape behind him.

Andrew Jackson

John Henry Bufford, 1830

Sepia lithograph of a uniformed man on a rearing horse, holding a sword, with a hilly landscape below.

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson, 1820

Hand-colored print of a standing officer in blue coat and white wig with horse, servant, and soldiers on a parade ground behi

Marquis De Lafayette

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1790

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat, with a scrolled border and sheet music title text below.

Thomas Alexander Scott

Thomas Alexander Scott, 1870

Engraved portrait of Jacob Brown in military dress uniform with epaulettes, holding a rolled paper, with his signature below.

Jacob Jennings Brown

Asher Brown Durand, 1830

Engraved portrait of Henry Clay standing beside a flag, globe, and column, with a farm scene and ship behind him.

Henry Clay

John Sartain, 1840

Stipple engraving of Meriwether Lewis in fringed buckskin and fur cap, holding a rifle before mountains.

Meriwether Lewis

William Strickland, 1810

Harper's Weekly page with two officer portraits above text and a wood engraving of soldiers seated among white tents in camp.

Stonewall Jackson

Frank Vizetelly, 1861

Joel Roberts Poinsett

William W. Bannerman, 1830

Lithographic portrait of a bearded officer in uniform with epaulettes and sword, a plumed hat, and a battle scene behind him.

General Nathaniel Lyon

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Sheet music cover with a lithographed bust portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, framed by ornate scrolled lettering.

Our First President Quickstep

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Chromolithograph of General Ulysses S. Grant in blue uniform with flag, columned building, and mounted soldiers behind him.

Ulysses S. Grant

Samuel S. Frizzell, 1861

Hand-colored print of a shirtless boxer in orange breeches and white stockings, fists raised, on a green field with a crowd b

Tom Molineaux

Robert D. Dighton, 1810

Lithograph portrait of a uniformed officer with sword, a horse, soldiers, tents and an American flag behind him.

Nathaniel Prentiss Banks

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Sheet music cover with an oval portrait of a man in a dark coat, framed by a pitcher-shaped border with comic vignettes.

Pete Morris

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Engraving of a caricatured man in spectacles clinging to a wild horse leaping across a rocky chasm above a skull.

Modern Mazeppa

Thomas Nast, 1870

Sepia lithograph of an equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson on a pedestal, with well-dressed people strolling in a park.

Andrew Jackson

Jr Benjamin F. Smith, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph of General Winfield Scott in blue uniform pointing toward a bombarded harbor city with ships.

General Winfield Scott

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Sheet music cover with a lithographed portrait of a bearded man in a bow tie, under ornate lettering for Young America Grand

John Charles Fremont

Samuel Root, 1861

Reverend William White

William Henry Brown, 1840

Hand-colored comic lithograph of a man's head on a hen's body beside an egg labeled Natural History.

Henry Louis Stephens

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Caricature of John Jacob Astor IV with yellow mustache, dark suit and case, beside a coat of arms with a Manhattan map.

John Jacob Astor, IV

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

John Marshall

William Henry Brown, 1840

Mezzotint portrait of George Washington in military uniform before a flag with thirteen stars, with a horse and soldier at le

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale, 1780

Full-length lithograph portrait of a standing man on a dock with an anchor, globe and telescope, with a harbor town behind hi

Eben Brock Ward

Robert T. Bishop, 1860

Engraved portrait of a standing officer holding a scroll, with a horse, turbaned attendant, tent and scattered documents.

George Washington

Noël Le Mire, 1780

Etching of a seated man playing bagpipes under a tree, with a goat behind him and a sheep resting in the grass.

Home

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Engraved allegorical scene with a laurel-crowned man pointing a rod, a classical statue, plumed warriors, and chains on the g

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Charles Le Vasseur, 1770

Caricature of a bearded man bailing a sinking Democrat boat in rough seas, with figures struggling and a Tammany rock behind.

What H.G. Knows about Bailing

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin in an oval frame, flanked by a hooded figure with a lantern and an eagle.

Benjamin Franklin

Anne-Rosalie Bocquet Filleul, 1780

Engraved newspaper page showing officers meeting on a porch before a stone house, with horses and soldiers at the right.

Siege of Vicksburg

Frederick B. Schell, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Benjamin Franklin with a laurel wreath, an eagle, lightning bolts and a pedestal inscribed VIR.

Benjamin Franklin

J. Pelicier, 1780

Sheet music cover with a lithographed portrait of a standing man holding a top hat and cane in a park setting.

Here's to You Henry Clay

Henry Clay, 1840

Engraved equestrian portrait of a uniformed officer on a dark horse, with cannon and soldiers on a battlefield.

George Brinton McClellan

Adam B. Walter, 1860

Lithograph of Nicholas I in military dress with epaulettes and sash, holding a plumed hat beside a stone column.

Nicholas I

Richard James Lane, 1840

Hand-colored print of a mounted officer with raised sabre on a black horse, with soldiers, a flag, and battle smoke behind.

Ulysses S. Grant

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Caricature of a seated man in a top hat and checked suit with a pipe and monocle beside a Britannia life preserver.

William Waldorf Astor

Albert Levering, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph of William Henry Harrison standing in a cloak with a cane and top hat, beside trees and a lawn.

William Henry Harrison

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Engraved portrait of a man in a tricorn hat before ship rigging and gun smoke, with a French caption below.

John Paul Jones

Carl Guttenberg, 1770

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark double-breasted coat and cravat before a cloudy sky with trees.

Thomas Wilson Dorr

Jr William Warner, 1840

Lithographic portrait of a bearded officer in dark uniform with sabre, before a military camp, flag and domed building.

Frederick West Lander

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Engraved portrait of George Washington in military uniform beside a white horse, cannon and distant battle with a flag.

George Washington

Thomas Cheesman, 1790

Engraved cartoon of a stern man bound in red tape sinking underwater with an anchor labeled Tape, sea creatures around him.

The Statute of Limitation

Thomas Nast, 1870

Lithograph portrait of a bearded officer in uniform with a sword, set before a mountain landscape with a waterfall and tents.

William Starke Rosecrans

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph of General Washington in blue uniform beside a grey horse, with a cannon and battle smoke behind him.

George Washington

James S. Baillie, 1840

Engraved portrait of a uniformed officer with epaulettes leaning on a cannon wheel, with a cloudy landscape behind him.

General Winfield Scott

Thomas Gimbrede, 1810

Hand-colored lithograph of General Zachary Taylor in dress uniform with a sword, before a battlefield encampment with troops

Zachary Taylor

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Colorful sheet music cover with an oval portrait of Henry Clay in an ornate gilded frame, cherubs and a seated woman.

Henry Clay

William James Hubard, 1840

Engraved portrait of a bishop in dark robes and white vestments holding a book, with clouds and trees behind him.

Samuel Seabury

William Sharp, 1780

Engraving of a standing officer pointing toward a battle, with a white horse and attendant beside him under a pine tree.

Marquis De Lafayette

Noël Le Mire, 1780

Caricature drawing of a stout man in a plumed hat holding a pistol and whip before a church steeple and flags.

Bombastes Reformeth Ye Churches

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Hand-colored print of a man in a top hat and red shirt, with firemen operating a hose engine on a smoky city street behind hi

F. S. Chanfrau in the Character of Mose

James Brown, 1840

Engraving of a man on a prancing black horse reviewing mounted soldiers, with a flag and crowd behind him.

Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce, 1850

Lithographic portrait of a seated man holding a bugle, with open sheet music, an inkwell and a quill on a table beside him.

Francis Johnson

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a uniformed officer with sword and horse, with a battle scene with smoke and a flag behind him.

Irvin McDowell

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph of a dark crow with a human face standing on rocky ground beside tall grass.

Thomas Dartmouth Rice

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraved portrait of George Washington seated with a map labeled City of Washington and a tricorn hat on a table beside him.

George Washington

John Scoles, 1790

Hand-colored ballad sheet with an officer in blue uniform beside a horse, framed by a laurel wreath, above printed song verse

George Brinton McClellan

Charles Magnus, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph of a standing man in a long coat holding a top hat and cane on a grassy hill.

Marquis De Lafayette

Nathaniel Currier, 1830

Oval portrait of Donald McKay in dark coat and cravat, with a sailing ship at sea and a harbor behind him.

Donald McKay

Leopold Grozelier, 1850